The Second Coming

This poem is in the public domain. The Falling of the Leaves. Who goes with Fergus? Who will go drive with Fergus now, And pierce the deep wood's woven shade, And dance upon the level shore? Young man, lift up your russet brow, And lift your tender eyelids, maid, And brood on hopes and fear no more.

And no more turn aside and brood Upon love's bitter mystery; For Fergus rules the brazen. The Lake Isle of Innisfree.

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I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee; And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,.

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Summary of The Second Coming

This poem was written in the aftermath of WW-1, and it has all the harrowing qualities one might expect in the aftermath of 'The War to End All War. It's ahead of its time and prescient, just as fresh and true today as ever it was. Certainly one of my favorites, I consider it one of the best poems ever written in the English language - really, in ANY language!

There is nothing like it in the language except whole plays by William Shakespeare. You better read it again.

The last two lines, so perfect as to be judged miracles. This is us he is talking about.

Prophet, seer, priest of the church of love and nature. Arise with him and go to innesfree. Intense, intelligent, imaginative- Yeats was indeed a master poet and this poem of his hits the reader like a freight train.

And the freight on that train has a lot to do with the evils of war and society and Christ.. The language is actually pretty direct and blunt, but then he throws in a multitude of symbols and visions and prophecies so we're left with nothing that is blunt and straight-forward. We're just not going to get out of this poem without doing some thinking. For me, it is the latter lines that grow extremely nightmarish. That sphinx in the desert. Could he really think that is Jesus? Could whatever it is be good or evil or just plain indifferent about the fate of mankind.. These lines are the ones that chill me to the bone- they force me to ask myself is this the coming of the Antichrist?

Yeats the master at work! This is one of my favourite poems. Yeats is a genius Report Reply. I think this describes perfectly our age as if William Yates is living with us. Truly an immortal poem. This poem was one of the poems i loved in my early years. Anytime I read it, it brings reminisces of past sweetness. Yeats finds something irritates its mind- to be or not to be- slightly a touch of divinr agnosticisn i have felt in this poor pal Poems by William Butler Yeats: Ballad Poems by William Butler Yeats: Read this poem in other languages.